Representativeness and Reliability of the Ex-Slave Materials, With Special Reference to Wallace Quarterman’s Recording and Transcript

Rickford, John R.

doi:10.1075/cll.8.09ric

In:The Emergence of Black English: Text and commentary
Edited by Guy Bailey, Natalie Maynor and Patricia Cukor-Avila
[Creole Language Library 8] 1991
► pp. 191–212

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Representativeness and Reliability of the Ex-Slave Materials, With Special Reference to Wallace Quarterman’s Recording and Transcript

John R. Rickford

Published online: 10 April 1991

https://doi.org/10.1075/cll.8.09ric

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